Harbinger vs Wraith - What's the difference?
harbinger | wraith |
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
* Landor
(obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
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As nouns the difference between harbinger and wraith
is that harbinger is a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something while wraith is a ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.As a verb harbinger
is to announce; to be a harbinger of.harbinger
English
Noun
(en noun)- I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
- (Fuller)
Synonyms
* forewarning, herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophetExternal links
*Synonyms
* heraldReferences
*See also
*bellwetherwraith
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=We might indeed have been the wraiths of the departed dead upon the dead sea of that dying planet for all the sound or sign we made in passing. }}